73 per cent stories on LGBTQ websites flagged as 'unsafe' by scared brands: Survey
Sep 15, 2019
New Delhi, Sep 15 (ANI): Brands don't want their ads to appear next to controversial content on a given website. However, a new survey revealed how brands end up labeling stories on LGBTQ websites 'unsafe' for ad placement. Brand safety company CHEQ, researched keyword blocking across 15 major sites including CNN, the New York Times, the Guardian, and the Wall Street Journal and discovered that 57 per cent of neutral or positive stories were being incorrectly flagged an unsafe for brands, Fast Company reports. It is also discovered that 73 per cent of safe stories on LGBTQ websites such as PinkNews and the Advocate are also flagged as brand unsafe, impacting content monetizing. Researchers attribute to it to the inability of ad networks to distinguish between positive LGBTQ content and potentially negative content such as pornography or hate speech.
